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My Mother's Quick Cucumber Pickle

My mom used to make a quick cucumber pickle. I love it on a sandwich or on the side of a heavy meat meal. It is particularly good with liver pate. It is so fresh and crunchie. It is really good on a cream cheese bagel. The best part is it only takes a second to make.

Chop the cucumber into thin slices. Chop the white onion into thin slices. Combine in a nice container, like the mason jar in the picture. Mason jars are east to clean and east to store. Add the sugar and vinegar in a cup and mix until the sugar dissolves. Pour over the cucumbers and onions in the jar and seal. Place in the fridge and use as you see fit. I would not keep it too long, perhaps a week. If you like it sweeter just add a little more sugar. I never measure, I taste.

Now you could add all sorts of other tasty things to change up the flavor. Perhaps some cardamom seeds, or coriander seeds. You decide.

I wish I could be in the kitchen with my Mom or my Granny. I have so many questions. I would want to hear their answers because I know they loved me and would share all they knew with me. That is what I would like my blog to feel like. A place to come and sit at the table in my kitchen and watch and talk and cook together. A gathering place, a safe place, a learning place.